Chapter 43: The Director's Microphone
As soon as the New Year passed, 2002 arrived, and American dramas that had been off the air for more than a month began to gradually return. On January 16, the New Year's premiere of "CSI" won 19 million viewers, kicking off the second half of the 2002 broadcast season.
As one of the dark horses in the first half of the broadcast season, the first season of "CSI/CSI" can be said to be the highest-rated criminal crime solving drama of all time.
The series was supposed to air on ABC TV, but ABC executives decided it was too esoteric and refused to buy it.
However, CBS TV directly bought the show after watching the pilot episode, and the first episode premiered with a super high rating of 7.11 million, which made ABC TV regret not being at the beginning.
ABC missed two hit episodes this season, CSI/CSI and The Big Bang Theory.
These two dark horses were broadcast in the first season, but they achieved super popularity, especially "The Big Bang Theory", which directly detonated the entire English-speaking country.
After months of anxious waiting, the overseas broadcast of "The Big Bang Theory" has begun.
Canada's 'Globe TV' set a new record for Canada's highest drama ratings when it first aired. In Australia and the United Kingdom, it has also achieved super high results.
The Washington Post wrote with a sigh: "2002 will be the era of scientists dominating the screen!" β
The Washington Post's report is not groundless, because the popular "CSI" also tells the story of a genius scientist solving the case, and the other more representative Xing is, of course, "The Big Bang Theory".
The summary report for the first half of the 2001 broadcast season was finally released when the return of the American drama to the big chΓ‘o began.
The Nielsen Company stats are as follows:
Monday's Ratings Winner: CBS "CSI/CSI"
Tuesday Ratings Winner: NBC Television's Tuesday Collegiate League
Wednesday's Ratings Winner: FOX's '70s Show
Thursday Ratings Winner: NBC TV "Friends"
Friday's Ratings Winner: CAA's "The Big Bang Theory"
As for Saturday and Week, it's the world of sporting events, such as MMA MMA Fighting League, Major Boxing League, Major League Baseball, and many more.
The live broadcast of these large-scale sports events has nothing to do with CAA TV, which is completely monopolized by the four major TV stations, and the broadcast rights alone are worth billions of dollars, which is not something that Link can touch now.
After a break of about two months, the crew of "The Big Bang Theory" reunited, and everyone seemed full of energy.
"Hey, guys! Looks like they're resting well. Ah, Johnny, you've gained a lot of weight, it's time to lose weight. β
Link greeted several people one by one.
Jim Parsons lamented, "I haven't seen you for two months, and I really miss this place, especially the sofa I love the most." β
His words immediately caused a burst of laughter from everyone, everyone here knows this 'couch stalk', thinking of the part of "The Big Bang Theory" that has just started filming, Link is embarrassed in his heart.
"Hey Richie, how are you doing on the holidays?"
Link walked over to Richie and asked with a smile.
Li Qi scratched his head and smiled honestly: "Thank you for the director's concern, I have a happy holiday with my family, that is, I can be recognized every time I go on the street, and a large number of people ask me for autographs and photos, which is quite troublesome." β
"Come on, don't pretend to be your kid, your face is about to bloom."
Link quipped.
After chatting with everyone for a while, "The Big Bang Theory" entered the filming stage again.
Although several protagonists are now famous to varying degrees, the salary for filming "The Big Bang Theory" has not changed. Johnny and Simon are still $10,000 per episode, and the other three, including Mirane, are all $600 per episode.
Even if the salary is not high, everyone is very devoted, because after the filming of the first season of "The Big Bang Theory", everyone's worth will skyrocket dozens or hundreds of times as expected.
Since several of the main characters became famous almost overnight, everyone worked hard to perform.
Especially Mira, whenever the camera leaves her, she will smile playfully at Link, who can barely take care of himself, and secretly scolds this little fox for being too charming.
After the two established a relationship on Chinese New Year's Eve, the intimacy skyrocketed, and although Link was not ready to break Mila's final hurdle, the relationship between the two was already in full swing.
Although this relationship has not yet been made public, many people in the crew have already felt it, who makes them always eyebrow, it is like announcing that there is a 'jiΔn. love' in the world.
Johnny has officially joined the crew of "The Big Bang Theory" and started working as Link's assistant director and set manager, although he is tired like a dog every day, the smile on his face has never disappeared.
"Johnny, come here."
Link stands behind the camera and waves at Johnny.
Johnny hurriedly put down the work at hand and ran over: "Director, what's the matter?" β
Johnny's performance in the past few days, Link also sees it. Although he knew that it must have been Poke who made this kid work so hard, Link could still see that Johnny did have a solid experience and kept the entire crew in order, not as chaotic as before.
"Johnny." Link said: "How do you think the next scene should be filmed, and how many cameras should be used?" β
Link deliberately mentioned Johnny and asked, pointing to the script.
Johnny didn't expect Link to ask this, and although he didn't understand what he meant, he still read the script and then said his understanding.
In this way, every time Link was at a critical moment in the shooting, he would call Johnny to his side and ask him for advice. Johnny is also outspoken every time, although Link will point out his mistakes every time, Johnny still works hard to remember everything Link says.
Especially once after telling his father Poke what happened in the crew, Pock stayed directly for dozens of seconds, and then he punched his son in the chest excitedly.
"Thank God, my son is going to be a director! Boss Link is actually instructing my son to film? Is this true? It's incredible! β
That night, Polk talked to his son Johnny for a long time, and the next day Johnny went to work, his enthusiasm for work was even more inflated. He took care of the tea and water, sorting out the props, and even the hygiene of the crew.
Seeing Johnny so 'on the road', Link also nodded secretly in appreciation.
Everyone in the crew also likes this hard-working guy, except for the sweeping aunt.
Every time she saw Johnny snatching her 'job', the sweeping aunt would scold: "Bastard, you finished my work, what am I going to do?" Do you want me to be fired? β
Although Johnny apologizes amiably every time, he still 'doesn't change'.
It's not that he likes to clean, but his father Pock's words that night made his whole body excited, as if his whole person was full of power, and if he didn't find something to do, he felt like his whole person would explode.
"I'm going to be a big director in the future? Will I direct my own American drama? β
These two words flashed in Johnny's heart all the time, even if Link didn't call him, he would run over with tea and water, silently observing Link, just hoping to learn something.
Link understands Johnny's careful thoughts. When he was still in college, he often asked the crew to work as a handyman for free, just to be able to learn even a little bit of useful things.
It wasn't until the latest episode was about to finish filming that Link called Johnny to his side again.
"Johnny, this is the last shot, it's up to you to direct."
"I ...... I got it? β
Johnny felt like his heart was almost stopping when he heard Link's voice.
Link smiled and nodded: "That's right, the next shot can be said to be useful or useless." If you're doing it well, I might be able to keep this shot. β
"Really...... Are you sure? β
Johnny felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest, and he was in a state of great enthusiasm.
Link shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's right, it's up to you to decide, and I won't give you the slightest hint." β
Johnny nodded vigorously and reached out with a trembling hand, gripping the 'director's microphone' that excited him.
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